Key Stage 1 Tennis
Lesson 1 –
13/3/2014
Weekly Topic: footwork, shots and basic
rally
Learning Objectives
Children should learn to:
 Correct balance
 Names and positions of tennis shots
 Basic rally
 Bouncing hand to eye coordination
Learning Outcomes
 All children will understand tennis shot names
 All children will understand what a rally is
 Most children will be able to rally a ball along the ground
 Most children will be able to stand in the correct shot position
 Some children will be able to rally with a racket along the ground
Warm Up – Why do we warm up? What do we warm up?
Fantastic Mr. Fox games – (develop game from world book day)
3 farmers bean, boggis and bunce – as in the book the three farmers are
trying to take the foxes tails, once a child has lost there tail they are out
until the next game – short 2/3 minute games.
Tails are tag rugby tags – placed at the back of pupils
Once a tails has been lost sit on the side line
Theme: Fundamentals of Tennis
National Curriculum Programme of Study

1a, 1b, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4a, 4b, 7b, 7c
Builds on
EN 1/1, Sc2/2c
Equipment
- Soft tennis balls
- Tennis Balls
- Tennis rackets
- Cones
Teacher Guidance Notes
Questions throughout the lessons to assess and reinforce learning
Main Activity – Skills & Games
Activity
Activity 1
Ready Steady
Description
Split into three groups (colours of about 10)
Run around, when ‘ready steady…’ is announced
Children balance on various parts of the body as announced
 Tip toes
 Bottom
 One hand one knee
 One hand one foot
 Backhand
 Forehand
Two hands together to make a tennis racket shape for
fore/backhand.
Reinforcing balance, names and positions of shots
Diagram
Key Teaching Points
- Stop quietly and balance with knees bent feet apart
- Head up and still when balancing
1 third of a netball court
per colour group
TA’s to have one group each of approximately 10 (in colours)
mixed ability groups
Each child will have a ball, they must bounce then catch the ball
with their dominant hand
Staff to observe and assess ability – move on when able
Activity 2
Bouncing the
balls
Progressions
Use left hand
Alternate hands
Rather than catching bounce/pat down the ball off the hand use
previous progressions
Game
Stay within the confines of the netball third, bounce the ball, do
not lose control.
Children will do this and the coach will try to knock there ball
away or miss control it.
Once either of these conditions have been met the child is out
until the game restarts
Activity 3
Rally – floor
tennis
Working in pairs
Balls on the floor, children will push the ball along the ground to
their partner; the group with the most successful passes is the
winner. Initially do this with the hand only
TA’s to lead a small group each of approximately 10 (in
colours) mixed ability groups
Progressions
Push the ball through two cones about 1foot apart. – make the
gate smaller as skill increases
Use a tennis racket
Plenary
What were the main objectives in the lesson?
In partners, discuss one thing you think you have done well and one thing you think you need to practice on next week?
What was your favourite part? Why?